poorhouse

See also: poor house

English

Etymology

poor +‎ house

Noun

poorhouse (plural poorhouses)

A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
A workhouse.

Hypernyms

house

Translations

charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged

Armenian: աղքատանոց (hy) (ałkʿatanocʿ)
Esperanto: almozulejo
German: Armenhaus (de) n
Macedonian: сиротински дом m (sirótinski dom), сиропиталиште n (siropitálište)

Scots: puirshoose
Swedish: fattighus n, fattigstuga c
Welsh: tloty m

Anagrams

house poor

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